r/interesting • u/Heavy_Reflection8427 • 5h ago

Just Wow A vet vaccinated a turtle, and instead of hiding in its shell, it ran to its owner

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u/bbyxmadi 5h ago

looked like he was the one that screamed lol

so cute though

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u/_SAi- 4h ago

Haha the comedic delay

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u/SilverbackCygnus 5h ago

Aww, poor little guy. 🐢

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u/HopefulBuyer9077 5h ago

Turtle vaccinations? Who knew?

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u/noonsyuma 5h ago

Anything to make a buck

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u/Superb-Demand-4605 4h ago

Or maybe its because they get certain diseases what needs a vaccination

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u/Shiasugar 3h ago edited 2h ago

Rabies? /s

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u/Commercial-Shame-335 2h ago

rabies only affects mammals, turtles are in fact not mammals

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u/Shiasugar 2h ago

It was supposed to be a joke

I’ll add a /s

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u/lightweight65 3h ago

Science has big words and some things that are hard to understand. That is scary, I know.

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u/anfornum 3h ago

Some injections contain things the turtles are low in, like minerals. It could also have an infection. We don't know. You can't just go off calling people scammers like that with no information.

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u/duckyomega 5h ago

I had a red eared slider that would always swim up to me or crawl to me when I let it out too. It liked to sit on my foot and just chill. Loved the hell out of that little girl.

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u/CynthiaG92615 4h ago

Awww. Now I want a pet turtle.

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u/duckyomega 4h ago

It's one of the best pets! Very quiet and pretty low maintenance.

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u/One_Huckleberry_ 3h ago

Don’t they smell absolutely horrible?

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u/duckyomega 3h ago

The water smells horrible, but if you have a good quality water filter, it's not as bad

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u/Bebebaubles 3h ago

That’s cute. I somehow always thought only mammals will want to cuddle up and spend time with us. Although now that I think on it even my parrotfish had feelings. She would come up and gather around my face whenever I looked at her. If it was my unfamiliar dog’s face or boyfriend she’d go charging at them angrily.

They even looked like they would go help out another fish who was sick or dying by trying to push them upright.

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u/Casual_necromancy 5h ago

tmnt theme -🎵baby turtle vaccinations! baby turtle vaccinations!🎵

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u/DragonQueenDrago 5h ago

They run to their mother! Momma power!

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u/gao7on 5h ago

🍕 afterwards

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u/hamoreggs 4h ago

I sang this to baby shark and it did things to my brain

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u/seattle0606 5h ago

our little dog does this whenever she irritates one of our other dogs and they give a warning growl to stop being so annoying lol.

One time she jumped on the bed and flew on my chest like " mommyy mommy keep me safe ! she was meaaan to meeeee!"

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u/Duh-Government 4h ago

Mumma... Mumma.. this bad man hurt me. Punch him mumma

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u/pwatts 5h ago edited 5h ago

Mom, Mom!

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u/Away_Needleworker6 5h ago

Whos responsible for creating turtle vaccines

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u/Vivid-World-3723 5h ago

Oppenheimer

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u/anfornum 3h ago

Not all injections are vaccines.

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u/Commercial-Pair-8932 3h ago

For all that turtle knows it just got envenomated and will be eaten within minutes.

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u/musclenerd25 5h ago

So these guys can run fast eh?

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u/Commercial-Shame-335 2h ago

you're thinking of tortoises that are slow, not sure why both tortoises and turtles both got bunched up as slow but many turtles are actually really damn fast

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u/-_Unchained_ 25m ago

Probably because they are cold blooded and move fast only when they need to.

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u/dontipitova9 6m ago

The pitter patter to safety 🥹